Wheat...

     Wheat flower is used to make bread, and many other things. That was no surprise to me but when I moved to northern North Dakota, close to where North Dakota, Saskatchewan and Manitoba meet, there was much to be learned about wheat. Dad never planted wheat but some neighbors did; winter wheat. It was planted in the fall sprung up and then grew again in the spring. There was no winter wheat grown in that part of North Dakota, it was too cold and would winter kill.

    Durham wheat and hard red spring wheat were the varieties in northern North Dakota. Durham is used to make pasta. Hard red spring wheat is valued for its high protein content.  The protein content is 13-16 percent typically.. 

     So why these paragraphs about wheat?  On an agriculture website it was noted that hard red spring wheat was trading at $10.36 per bushel. That's unusually high, the price driven by this summer's dry weather, no doubt. A local buyer also posted flax as $21.00 per bushel. No flax is grown locally now, it's all corn and soybeans.

     What does this have to do with anything?  Who knows, just illustrative of my random mind.

Takk for alt,

Al

                                   This is my philosophy, too.